[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1613 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1613
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the
feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 16, 2023
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Tuberville, and Mr. Warnock)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the
feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Feral Swine Eradication Act''.
SEC. 2. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 2408 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public Law 115-334) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot'';
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``pilot program'' and
inserting ``program (referred to in this section as the
`program')'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``pilot'';
(B) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking
``the pilot areas'' and inserting ``eligible areas'';
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``pilot'' and
inserting ``eligible'';
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) after the Secretary determines that feral swine have
been eradicated from an eligible area, ensure that the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service continue monitoring that area for the
reoccurrence of feral swine for a period of 1 year;'';
(4) in each of subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), by
striking ``pilot program'' each place it appears and inserting
``program'';
(5) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``the pilot areas''
and inserting ``eligible areas'';
(6) in subsection (e), in the subsection heading, by
striking ``Pilot'' and inserting ``Eligible'';
(7) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``2019 through 2023''
and inserting ``2024 through 2028''; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Reports.--Not later than 2 years, and not later than 4 years
and 6 months, after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the
Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, acting jointly,
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and make publicly available on the website of the
Department of Agriculture a report that--
``(1) describes, for the period beginning on the date of
the establishment of the program and ending on the date of the
submission of the report--
``(A) activities carried out under the program,
including--
``(i) the number of counties in which feral
swine are no longer present; and
``(ii) estimated reductions in agriculture
and natural resource damage, and improvements
to human and livestock health and safety, as a
result of feral swine removal;
``(B) the use of funding made available under this
section, including the number of counties in each State
provided funding; and
``(C) the roles of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service and agricultural producers
provided financial assistance under this section in
carrying out activities under the program; and
``(2) includes--
``(A) a determination by the Administrator of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the
Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service as
to the extent to which the program has been successful;
and
``(B) any recommendations for improvements to the
program.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat.
4491) is amended by striking the item relating to section 2408 and
inserting the following:
``Sec. 2408. Feral swine eradication and control program.''.
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